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Josh Brolin
A year after his breakthrough performance in No Country for Old Men, this Hollywood renegade moves on to a role of presidential proportions.
When Josh Brolin last got into a fight—before, that is, his recent much publicized arrest in Shreveport, Louisiana, in July, at a wrap party for Oliver Stone's hotly anticipated George W. Bush biopic W.—the then 27-year-old was in his rural hometown of Paso Robles, California. Times were different.
"Fighting used to be okay," says a jocular Brolin, 40, over a breakfast of two fried eggs, sunny-side up, in a Westwood, California, diner. "My hometown is one of these places where you used to be able to fight, make up, then hang out with the guy and make a new friend."
Brolin shaved his head for the filming of W. to accommodate various presidential hairpieces.
What happened in Shreveport isn't exactly clear, other than that Brolin was arrested and sat in the holding tank until sprung on a $334 cash bond. The press originally described the incident as a bar brawl involving Brolin, costar Jeffrey Wright (who plays Colin Powell) and crew members. In the days following, blurring the overall picture, reports explained that Brolin was booked not for fighting but on the misdemeanor charge of interfering with an arrest. (Brolin had already been categorized as something of a brawler, and not without cause. In 2004 his wife, actress Diane Lane, called the police to their house during a domestic dispute. Brolin was hauled off and booked on misdemeanor spousal battery, although Lane never pressed charges and the couple later described the incident as a "misunderstanding.")
The full disclosure may have to await Brolin's arraignment in Louisiana on December 2, six weeks after W., in which he plays the title role, hits theaters. Brolin says with a rascal's grin that he wants to tell his version of events "badly." In fact, he mentions his jail stay within seconds of sitting down for breakfast, contrary to the normal celebrity-interview protocol of leaving touchy subjects until last. But after bringing it up, Brolin then says he can't talk about the matter at all. "Let me put it this way," he says, like a blackjack player sitting on an ace-king combo. "It was nice to be in jail knowing that I hadn't done anything wrong. And it was maddening to be in jail knowing that I hadn't done anything wrong."
Exactly two weeks after the arrest, Brolin still looks jailhouse-tough. He lost 30 pounds to play Bush as a frat boy at Yale—"not because it's cool to lose weight, but because it makes you look younger," he notes—and his body appears sinewy beneath his tight T-shirt. He shaved his head to ease the discomfort of wearing various Bush-style hairpieces in the sweltering Louisiana heat, and with his hair still fuzz-short, he could pass as an offensive-line coach at an NCAA powerhouse. But if Brolin comes off as a good ol' boy, he's actually a Hollywood scion, the vigorous sprout of a six-foot-four tree named James Brolin. "My dad is probably one of the handsomest guys ever," says Brolin. "I was making a joke and I said, 'If I was a chick, I'd f— you.' He was like, 'You can't say that! Shut your mouth!'"
As a young man, Brolin was far less sanguine. His father and mother, onetime casting agent Jane Agee, divorced in 1986. He says there was a "whole shadow thing" with his dad but nonetheless joined the family business, becoming a stage actor and cofounding a theater festival in Rochester, New York, in 1990. He married an actress, Alice Adair, in 1989, and the couple had two children before their divorce three years later. (Brolin and Lane wed in 2004.) During the five years that Brolin spent in regional theater, he recalls, he and his father figured out how to be friends again. Then, in 1998, "he goes off and marries Barbra Streisand," Brolin adds with a guffaw. He says he enjoys "hanging out" with Streisand and his father at their Malibu estate and reports that the three even had an unplanned family reunion—at the hospital. Brolin was in to get a cortisone shot for a back injury, while the other two were there for a test he euphemistically describes as "an older person's thing."
"It was genius, man," he adds. "I had this great conversation with them because they were both coming off the morphine or whatever cocktail they were given. It was good to see her without a few filters." Contrary to a recent gossip report that Streisand was angry at her stepson for playing Bush, Brolin says, "She seemed very intrigued by the whole thing, really happy about it."
Brolin as George W. Bush.
Despite his rugged appearance, Brolin has a demeanor as friendly and direct as a bluetick hound. It's a wonder with his combination of talent and good looks that he didn't hit it big years ago. Perhaps his pedigree worked against him in some way, causing Hollywood casting directors to, in Dubya's own infamous expression, "misunderestimate" his potential. After debuting in The Goonies in 1985, Brolin spent the next 20 years playing small parts in good movies (Flirting With Disaster) and big parts in lousy ones (Mimic, Hollow Man). A spur-jangling appearance as Jedediah Smith in the Steven Spielberg–produced television miniseries Into the West hewed closer to his brawny image but did little for his big-screen stature.
Director Paul Haggis, who first met Brolin on the short-lived 2003 TV drama Mister Sterling, counters that the actor was just waiting stubbornly for the right role to come along. "He's a picky son of a bitch," says Haggis, who directed Brolin in 2007's In the Valley of Elah and is planning to produce a feature version of the short film X, which Brolin wrote and directed. "Josh turned down roles other actors would leap at—big commercial roles—because he didn't feel a connection with the character or the material. Even when he was going begging, he'd still say, 'No, no, I can't do a good job with that,' and turn it down. Sometimes I felt like slapping him: 'What do you mean you turned it down!' But he was right. He had to do something that you'd remember him in."
That indelible, careermaking performance came in the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men. Although Brolin wasn't nominated for an Oscar to cap the film's eight nominations (it won four), his tight-lipped performance drew nearly universal critical acclaim. Finely wrought appearances in Ridley Scott's American Gangster and In the Valley of Elah—he played police officers in both—further bolstered the notion that this former Hollywood also-ran had emerged as a potential leading man. "Things are very, very, very different," Brolin acknowledges. "I just had a meeting with my agent, and there was a moment as we were going through the projects when I was like, Wow. Wow! This is a very different place than I've been. Tony Scott wants to do this. Ridley Scott wants to work with me again." Brolin was even offered the chance to earn a life-changing paycheck—to say nothing of the opportunity to connect with a blockbuster audience—by playing John Connor, one of the storied action heroes of modern cinema, in next summer's Terminator Salvation.
Still, early this year, he passed on the part—Christian Bale eventually took the role—for what may amount to juicier screen time in smaller movies. November will see the release of Gus Van Sant's Milk, about the late San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk (played by Sean Penn), the first openly gay man elected in American politics. Brolin plays Dan White, who murdered Milk in 1978. During the trial, White's lawyers concocted what came to be known as the Twinkie defense—claiming that the defendant had been temporarily deranged after OD'ing on sugary junk food. "It's interesting when you turn down a movie like T4, how many angry people there are suddenly," reports Brolin, who took Milk to work with Penn, an old friend, and Van Sant, a directing hero of his. "They tell you, 'Who do you think you are?' I've gotten that forever, and so I'm fine with that." Brolin pauses and shakes his head as if remembering some particularly energetic browbeating. "I love it," he says with a broad smile.
From the outset, Brolin says, Penn confronted the potential nervousness of a group of actors playing flamboyantly gay characters by just steamrolling over it. (Diego Luna, Emile Hirsch and James Franco appear in the film as members of Milk's entourage.) At their initial cast dinner, recalls Brolin, "the first thing [Penn] did was, he walked right up and grabbed me and planted a huge one right on my lips." Brolin's retelling of the moment registers as a tribute from one alpha male to another alpha's impressive bravura.
As he talks, Brolin is spontaneous, funny and energetic, so it comes as a surprise when he confesses that he feels physically and emotionally spent after this year's relentless shooting schedule. He explains that he went from the San Francisco set of Milk to Louisiana, where, for the first time, he had the responsibility of carrying a movie: As President George W. Bush, Brolin shot 103 of the film's 108 scenes. The story derives its impact in large part from the young Bush's almost mythic struggle to win his father's approval and, later, to make his own mark on the world by conquering the old man's geopolitical nemesis, Saddam Hussein. Brolin says that Stone approached him out of the blue with the role. "He just said, 'I want you to do this movie,'" recalls Brolin, who figured the public wouldn't want to see any more of their unpopular president at the cineplex, especially when presented by Oliver Stone. "My initial reaction was, 'Are you nuts?' There was a point where I actually grabbed Oliver's head and said, 'No!' It was like I was talking to a dog or something." Stone persisted, and when Brolin finally read the script, he found a richer and more intriguing interpretation of the Bush presidency than he had expected.
"It always seemed to me that he was the right person," writes Stone in an e-mail, of his decision to cast Brolin. "Although classically handsome, I think he would consider himself a character actor first and foremost, and it was in this context that I thought of him as W. Josh certainly has star appeal and could be a leading man, but I don't think he necessarily wants to be that. I think he really enjoys disappearing into a character."
While avid readers of The New York Times op-ed page may hold the opinion that the two-term Bush presidency has been a tragedy, W. turns that political analysis upside down. "The thing I kept saying to Oliver was, 'It's a comedy, it's a comedy, it's a comedy,' even though it's not," Brolin explains energetically. "You go through every emotion with it. It's pathetic. It's absurd. It's darkly humorous. It's exaggeratedly humorous."
The script reads as a relentless and sometimes outrageous drama of an administration in love with neocon ideology and arrogantly dismissive of facts. But Brolin promises the film will rousingly and sharply satirize the Bush era. ("I'd call it, if anything, something mixed between serious and buffoonish— a form of farce," offers Stone.) Brolin mentions that the first day he played a scene in full Bush regalia, the crew actually cracked up, which he considers a high compliment. Still, the actor insists that he wanted to avoid making W. into a feature-length Saturday Night Live skit. He obsessively pored over news footage and scoured Bush biographies for insights into the president's mind. To his surprise, he wound up liking the man behind the presidential seal, especially after Stephen Mansfield's book The Faith of George W. Bush drew him deeper into the story of Bush's religious conversion. As Brolin connected with what he boldly describes as Bush's "humanity," he came to believe that his earlier view of the president was superficial.
"It's the most compelling story because you see this guy trying to find his niche. You see him fail and you see him succeed," says Brolin. "Like it or not, good or bad. It's perfect drama."
When it's suggested that Bush's harshest critics may not agree and argue instead that the president succeeded only because of his surname, Brolin's friendly demeanor goes suddenly stony. "That's an impossibility," says Brolin, with a hard and suspicious look in his eyes. "That's like people saying that I have my success because my father was an actor."
He acknowledges with a terse "of course" when asked if he can identify with Bush's struggle to come to grips with a famous family name. But then, relaxing a bit, Brolin points out W's ability to communicate with voters in the 2000 election, a skill that set him apart from his dad. In a final comment on the subject, one that seems to resonate with the echo of his own oedipal striving, Brolin adds: "He had more oomph than his father had."


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DETROIT (AP) — The raft of gloomy economic news may be starting to hurt U.S. auto sales.
Industry analysts and dealers said this week that sales during the first half of July slowed a bit from the robust pace in June. But they still were expected to be better than July of 2011.
"It's a bit slower than where we want it to be," said Inder Dosanjh, owner of several General Motors dealerships in the San Francisco-Bay area.
Dealers such as Dosanjh may be wondering if car buyers, who've largely ignored sobering economic headlines, are finally getting discouraged. A widely followed reading on consumer confidence has fallen for four straight months. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke acknowledged this week that the economy has weakened.
For the first half of the year, sales of cars and trucks ran at an annual rate of 14.3 million, the best pace in 5 years. Car buyers bought everything from compacts to big pickups, making the auto industry a bright spot in the economy. The only hiccup came in May, when sales slipped to a 13.8 million annual rate as the stock market plunged. Buyers returned in June to drive sales back up to a 14.1 million rate.
Jeff Schuster was expecting sales to tail off in the early part of July, partly because promotions leading up to Independence Day may have pulled sales ahead into June. The senior vice president of forecasting at the LMC Automotive consulting firm in Troy, Mich. predicts July sales likely will come in at an annual rate below 13.8 million.
"With the weaker consumer confidence, the auto industry could be in for a roller-coaster second half, but it isn't time to sound the alarm yet," said Schuster.
Even if Schuster's forecast holds, sales would eclipse the 12.2 million rate of last July. Sales have come a long way from the doldrums of 2009, when only 10.4 million cars and trucks sold during the financial crisis. The peak for sales was 2005, at 17 million.
Dealers surveyed by Citi Investment Research analyst Itay Michaeli also reported a slow start to July. But Michaeli noted that auto sales normally are stronger in the final two weeks of a month as discounts kick in and dealers try to make monthly goals.
Analysts were also pessimistic just before June sales figures were released, with many predicting a drop to below a 14 million annual rate. They believed worries about jobs and incomes had caused some buyers to back away.
Automakers ended up selling nearly 1.3 million cars and trucks last month, up 22 percent from June of last year. Falling gas prices, cheaper loans and new models enticed buyers. A revived housing market lifted sales of pickup trucks, and it turned out there were plenty of sales to people who needed to replace cars they bought cars in the middle of the last decade. Ford Motor Co. sales rose 7 percent, while sales at General Motors Co. rose 16 percent. Gains were even stronger at Chrysler and Volkswagen.
Strong sales from April through June helped AutoNation, the country's largest dealership chain, to boost its net income by 9.3 percent in the second quarter. CEO Mike Jackson said Thursday that he still expects new car and truck sales to reach the mid-14 million level for all of 2012, mainly because there are more people who have to replace aging vehicles. The average age of a vehicle on U.S. roads is approaching 11 years, according to the Polk research firm.
July's sales at Dosanjh's dealerships still should be 15 percent to 20 percent better than the same month last year, he said, holding out hope that they get back to June's levels by the end of the month.

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Release Date: 2010 | Tracklist
it kinda does hes a cool guy though
Album Rating: 4.5his voice reminds me of asher roth
Big Baby Jesus
I'm downloading this album as I type this. And these are the reasons why... Album art is hilarious. Song names are equally as funny. Your review makes this sound like a fun thing to listen to. (Not good, but FUN.) how right am i?
What I've heard is cool by this guy, I'm kinda surprised there's not more stuff about these guys on the net.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffThere will be. And dnor, it is actually good, just not earth shattering. Definitely fun and memorable, tho.
Yeah, it wasn't bad. I didn't KEEP it after a listen, but I did enjoy what I heard. I watched the music video for the track "EARL" and oh my god, it was one of the most fucked up videos on the planet.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffHaha yeah, that video is nasty.
Asher Roth?? Aw I can't view Earl the same again. He got flow though
Album Rating: 3.0this guy's allright, a lot of internal rhymes and overall impressive lyrics in a technical sense. Horrorcore is pretty bad mostly but this is actually decently made.
Album Rating: 3.5You guys know this kid was 15 when he wrote this, right? FINALLY sputnik gets an OF review. Tyler's Bastard is definitely better than this (he did all the production btw, maybe an edit?) but Earl is scary-talented and will be huge in the future. I agree there's nothing classic on here - his best work is on "AssMilk" off Bastard and his spot on "Drop" on OF's Radical mixtape. If I had to go in order, get these OF releases: Tyler The Creator - Bastard > Earl > MellowHype - Yellow/White > Domo Genesis - Rolling Papers > OF - Radical > everything else. This group is REALLY talented, energetic and are getting really big really fast. Both Tyler and Left Brain destroy 90% of the rap game's producers alone, hands-down. Highly recommended.
Album Rating: 4.0Earl is gonna be the future. Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
Album Rating: 4.0I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because I like Pigions and Couch plus he is a decent lyricist, but god damn most of it consists of farting baselines, asinine flow, a tired delivery and staring at that fucked up album cover.
Album Rating: 4.0
farting baselines, asinine flow, a tired delivery
Album Rating: 4.0What makes you think I'm into conscious rap? I pretty much only rate hardcore rap albums.
Album Rating: 4.0I'll probably up this because of that weird ass video for EARL
Album Rating: 4.0>implying i pay attention to your ratings
Album Rating: 4.5i think illmitch is saying that conscious rap is what you said about this halfmanhalfretarded
Album Rating: 4.0No I didn't. Nice reworking of my username btw.
Album Rating: 4.0This album sucks and you guys know it
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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2011 Theses Doctoral
Excess Volume and Exsolution in Pyrope-Grossular Garnet
X-ray diffraction (XRD) was used to measure the unit cell parameters of pyrope (Mg3Al2Si3O12), grossular (Ca3Al2Si3O12) and four intermediate solid solutions synthesized at ~6 GPa and 1400°C in multi-anvil (MA) apparatus. Intermediate garnet solid solutions on this join show regular asymmetric positive excess volumes, but roughly 2-3 times bigger than previous reports from garnet hydrothermally synthesized in piston cylinder apparatus. The binary Margules equation used to fit this excess volume data gives parameters = 2.0±0.1 cm3/mol, which is about half as big as = 4.3±0.1 cm3/mol. Garnets synthesized in diamond anvil cells (DAC) with wider XRD peaks than those synthesized in MA have more nearly symmetrical excess volumes about 3 times larger than those previous piston cylinder syntheses. The large size difference between divalent Mg and Ca is the key reason for the non-ideal mixing properties of pyrope-grossular garnet solid solution. Partial order/disorder of Ca-Mg in the X site may be responsible for the interesting, variable mixing phenomena among different synthesis methods. The large excess volumes we measured from MA-synthesized garnets imply that the solvus of pyrope-grossular garnet will become experimentally accessible at high pressures, perhaps less than 10 GPa, unlike the expectations derived from the much smaller excess volumes of hydrothermally grown garnets. X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods and diamond anvil cells were used to measure the unit cell parameters of multi-anvil (MA) grown garnets: pyrope, grossular, and four intermediate solid solutions up to ~600°C and ~10 GPa. The unit cell parameters of these synthetic garnets increase with temperature and decrease with pressure. Thermal expansion coefficients of garnets in this series were calculated from the unit cell volumes' change with temperature. They are all in the range from ~2.0-2.8*10-5 K-1, and uniformly increase with temperature but differ with garnet compositions. At high temperature, the calculated thermal expansion coefficients of end-member pyrope and grossular in this study are larger than those reported by Skinner (1956). The compressional properties of these MA-synthesized pyrope and grossular are comparable with previous reports (Finger 1978; O'Neill et al., 1989; Zhang et al., 1998 and 1999; Pavese et al., 2001; Jiang et al., 2004). The Birch-Murnaghan EOS yields Κ0=165.4±1.8GPa, with Κ0' fixed to be 5.92 for grossular and Κ0=172.5±2.0GPa for pyrope, with Κ0' fixed to be 4.4. The bulk moduli of garnet with intermediate composition are all 155~160GPa, smaller than the end-members, showing no significant compositional dependence, as is consistent with the fact that garnets on this join have large positive excess volume, which makes them more compressible at high pressure. Application of these results indicates that the excess volumes in the pyrope-grossular series remain high even at high P and T. Multi-anvil (MA) technique was used to study the grossular-pyrope garnet solid solution for conditions of pressure and temperature stability against exsolution. Two garnet phases Py90Gr10 and Py40Gr60 with wt.% composition ratio 1:1, the expected consolute composition, were heated at 6GPa and different temperatures. XRD measurement results showed that these two garnet phases converged completely to one phase with composition ~Py65Gr35 at 1200°C, indicating that the critical temperature of pyrope-grossular garnet solvus is lower than 1200°C, lower than some literature modeling results (Haselton and Newton, 1980). At 8GPa, long term heating experiments for both convergence and divergence showed that two garnet phases with composition around ~Py82Gr18 and ~Py62Gr38 were equilibrated with each other at 1200°C. These garnet pairs represent the positions of the pyrope-grossular garnet solvus' two limbs at 1200°C and 8 GPa. Convergence experiments at 1100 °C and 8 GPa also showed changing composition of a widely-separated compositionally different garnet pair. However the equilibrium composition at 1100 °C and 8 GPa failed to be constrained by divergence heating experiments because the relatively low temperature and much slow diffusion rate of Mg/Ca cation exchange in garnet. Observations of garnet immiscibility at < 10 GPa reported here suggest that the MA-garnet excess volumes represent internal equilibrium values. Deduction from our new two phase equilibrium experiments shows that pyrope-grossular solvus has a higher critical temperature in the range 800-900°C at 1 bar compared to previous thermodynamic models (T < 600°C) (Ganguly et al., 1996), suggesting that at pressure as high as 2GPa, exsolution in garnet can happen at a higher temperature than previous thought, which is strongly supported by the high temperature (800-860ºC) exsolution in garnet samples found from natural metagabbro, South Harris (Cressey,1978), and an immiscible garnet pair in pyrope-rich garnet crystal collected from Garnet Ridge, Arizona was reported by Wang et al. (2000).
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Baseball to hold Annual Alumni Game
Defending Pac-10 Champion Arizona State baseball will host the 2011 Alumni Game at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark on Saturday, February 12. First Pitch will be at 1 p.m. for the exhibition contest between the 2011 Sun Devil baseball team and a team made up of alumni players.
The Alumni Weekend festivities begin on Friday with the annual Alumni Golf Tournament and will conclude with the 2011 Alumni Game. Fans interested in purchasing season tickets will have the opportunity to Select-A-Seat, while fans that have already purchased their 2011 season packages can pick up their tickets at the event. Admission to the Alumni Game is free.
"Last season we got a tremendous turnout from both the fans and the Alumni," said Head Coach Tim Esmay. "Everyone in attendance had a great time and this year will be no different. This is just a great event for our fans and for our former players to be a part of."
Following the game, the 2011 Sun Devils will sign autographs for the fans in attendance.
Arizona State will open the 2011 season on Friday, February 17 against New Mexico at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark.


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Well, let's talk about anger ... without getting angry about it.
Anger-practice is one of the trickiest for me. Sometimes, for all human beings, the pride/self that Joko discusses takes over, and anger seems to arise from the most primitive parts of the monkey brain. It possesses us. I don't have a big problem with anger (unless it is my weekly spat with the wife about household stuff or something ... I should film one of those and put it on the blog.). I don't get too upset usually. But, still, I find it hard to always avoid minor feelings of anger.
The advice that Joko gives is, I think, the standard wisdom heard from Thich Naht Hahn and others ... stand back, observe, give it time, find the unity and peace within, and so on. Great advice, and maybe the best that can be done with this powerful emotion.
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We were just forwarded an e-mail conversation between a Twitter API team member and a third-party developer because the latter was using a UI for its web-based service that was admittedly very similar to Twitter's web application.
The startup of course has the right to protect its assets and do its utmost to avoid confusion with users who might think they're using a Twitter product rather than that of a developer making use of its API.
But something else caught our attention in the thread:
Twitter, Inc is uncomfortable with the use of the word Tweet (our trademark) and the similarity in your UI and our own. How can we go about having you change your UI to better differentiate your offering from our own?
First of all, I had no idea that the word 'tweet' was trademarked by Twitter, and after browsing its Terms of Service and API documentation I couldn't find any reference on their website about this either. (update: a commenter links to the US trademark application, which was filed April 16, 2009 and another one claims a trademark application has been filed in Europe in June as well)
Second, I'm assuming that the note about the company being 'uncomfortable' with the use of the term was in reference to the combination of that with the closely resembling UI of the web application. If I'm wrong and this signals that Twitter wants to move forward with actively barring third-party apps from using the word 'tweet' in their names in the same way that it refrains them from using the word 'twitter', then this could have consequences for a plethora of developers.
Should TweetDeck, TweetMeme, Tweetie, BackTweets, Tweetboard etc. start worrying?
We've asked Twitter management for clarification.
Update: Twitter co-founder Biz Stone's response (emphasis ours):
"The ecosystem growing around Twitter is something we very much believe in nourishing and supporting. As part of this support, we encourage developers of new applications and services built using Twitter APIs to invent original branding for their projects rather than use our marks, logos, or look and feel. This approach leaves room for applications to evolve as they grow and it avoids potential confusion down the line.
As we build our platform team, we will be adding more guidelines and best practices to help developers get the most out of our growing set of open APIs. We have healthy relationships with existing developers who sometimes include Twitter logos, marks, or look and feel in their applications and services. We'll continue to work together in a fair and flexible way to ensure success for Twitter, developers, and everyone who uses these services."
It's a rather vague statement that doesn't really make it clear whether the use of the word 'tweet' is now frowned upon or not. We'll see when the API team puts forward clear guidelines on this in the future.
Update 2: a better statement about this in this Twitter blog post, which basically says developer can tweet their hearts out.


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The legendary success of Silicon Valley has led to many imitators around the world—such as Los Angeles, Tel Aviv, Israel, and Sao Paulo, Brazil—that are trying to catch the same magical, self-sustaining combination of innovation and venture capital.
In Russia, another of these rival high-tech corridors called Skolkovo is being planned on the outskirts of Moscow that uses many green building principles to encourage technological advancements.
Last year, in a competition to house some of the 30,000 people who will populate the vast Skolkovo "Technopark" residential district, Moscow's Atrium Studio came up with a design for a collaborative space where scientists, researchers and their families could all live together in a communal space that encourages creativity as well as recreation.
Atrium's design for one such housing community in the D2 section of the Technopark includes a 70,000-square-foot circular complex of five multistory buildings surrounding an open green courtyard. A green roof would also be added atop each of the five buildings to provide added insulation against the frigid Russian winters and reduce the heat-island effect during the summers.
The buildings would house 45 two-story apartments with underground parking and a maximum rental period of five years. Common areas located at the ground floor of three of the dormitory-style housing blocks would be extended underneath the central grassy courtyard, providing a pleasant place for families to interact and for children to play.
The mixture of residential, recreational and commercial buildings is intended to foster a sense of collaboration and the random sharing of ideas that led organically to the success of Silicon Valley, according the Skolkovo's master plans. By including all of the buildings on one campus, Skolkovo can greatly reduce commute times and is prioritizing walking and cycling for its residents, thus saving on fuel and reducing pollution.
Each of these residential districts would be included in five main "clusters" that focus on certain sectors, including information technology, biomedical science, energy efficiency, nuclear science and aerospace. The entire Skolkovo Technopark campus would be spread across a nearly 1,000-acre serpentine plot of land outside Moscow, sponsored by the Russian government and a group of more than 700 technology partner firms.
All told, the techno-city, scheduled for completion in three main phases through the rest of this decade, says it will use at least 50 percent of its energy from renewable sources, include many passive energy saving designs and adopt state-of-the-art water conservation strategies.


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For a variety of reasons, some small businesses permanently close their doors. Closing a company may be a difficult decision to make, and it can become even more challenging when a business owner doesn't take the proper steps.
Exiting a business involves more than just ceasing to advertise and ending sales of products and services. It also requires filing paperwork to officially dissolve your business with the state and taking care of other formalities. Failing to take care of those details could mean being on the hook for fees (and possibly fines) even when a business isn't serving its customers anymore.
Here are the 7 Steps to Closing a Business
Step #1 — Dissolve Your Business Entity
Companies operating as an LLC or corporation must legally dissolve that business structure so that the state knows it's no longer in operation. This involves filing Articles of Dissolution with the Secretary of State office. Businesses with multiple owners will need to first hold a meeting with their business partners or Board of Directors to get a consensus vote on closing the business. Note that state rules may vary slightly, so it's important to research what you need to do in the state where your business is registered.
Step #2 — Collect Money Owed to You and Sell Your Assets
As you pay suppliers and vendors what you owe them before you close your business, you'll want to reach out to customers that owe you money. If you're having difficulty collecting, one option to ensure you get some of what's owed is to sell your accounts receivable to a factor. A factor will compensate you for a portion of the money that's owed you, and then they assume ownership (and the task of collecting the money) of the receivables.
Selling your business assets and inventory can also generate cash for you before you close your company. Some ways to handle this are using sites like Craigslist or eBay, holding an auction, and personally reaching out to other business owners who might need what you're selling.
Step #3 — Pay Your Outstanding Debts
Take care of outstanding bills from vendors and service providers to close out your accounts payable. If you're unable to pay what you owe, discuss your options with an attorney.
Step #4: File Final Payroll Taxes and Pay State Sales Tax
If you have employees, after you have paid them their final wages and salaries, submit your payroll forms as usual and pay your final payroll taxes. What if you're unable to pay what you owe in payroll taxes? Filing an "Offer in Compromise" (IRS Form 656) might enable you to reduce the amount that you owe. Another option to consider is agreeing to pay your tax due in installments.
Also, submit your final state sales tax forms with the tax you've collected from your customers. Then, find out what your state tax agency requires you to do to officially close out your tax account.
Step #5 — Submit Your Final Income Tax Return
LLCs and corporations must check the "final return" box when filing their income tax forms. Corporations also need to report shareholder allocations (and losses) on Schedule K-1.
Heed the deadlines for submitting final tax documents:
- LLCs – By April 15 of the year after the business dissolved
- Corporations – Within two months and 15 days from when the business dissolved
Businesses that close must also close their Employer Identification Number account with the IRS.
Step #6 — Cancel Business Licenses and Permits
If you've needed business licenses and permits from the federal, state, county, or local governments, notify them that your company has closed. That way, you won't be charged renewal fees or be on the hook for taxes after you're no longer doing business.
Step #7 — Distribute Assets to Partners or Shareholders
Businesses that have multiple owners and money or assets left over after paying all debts should distribute them among partners or shareholders. LLCs will divide assets according to each partner's share of the business. Corporations will allocate assets according to the shares owned by each shareholder.
Don't Miss a Thing – Get Help!
As you can see, closing a business comes with many responsibilities. To make sure you cover all the bases as you work through the process, I recommend reaching out to legal and accounting professionals who can provide expert guidance. Also, you might find that an online business document filing service will make submitting your dissolution paperwork and canceling licenses and permits less daunting. And, last but not least, your SCORE mentor will also be a helpful resource for insight, feedback, and encouragement.
Copyright © 2023 SCORE Association, SCORE.org
Funded, in part, through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.


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Did you look at the title of this post and think you were going to get something along the lines of one of those glossy magazine articles on how to live fashionably on a budget by taking a single outfit from the office to the evening with the simple addition of a few well-chosen accessories? (You know, the ones where you start with one ridiculously-priced suit, replace the businesslike button-down blouse with a silk décolleté cami, add the diamond necklace, Fendi bag, and Blahnik stiletto slides, and you're good to go? Bargain city.)
Sorry to disappoint, but this isn't exactly that. It is the decidedly less glamorous story of how I made two breads with EXACTLY the same ingredients (no baker's diamonds here), the first only so-so and the next a bit better, by paying closer attention and changing just a couple of things in my method.
I hope it's obvious that the plump loaf in the photo above is the Better bread, while this flattened one is the So-So:
In case you're not convinced, compare these slices:
So huh? Well for one thing, Bread So-So proofed too long. A big clue to this was that the dough was already starting to fall apart by the time I put it into the oven (see the breaks on the surface, between the slashes?) Virtually no oven spring was another tip-off.
By paying more attention the second time around, I was able to get Bread Better into the oven after a more appropriate proof time. The day I baked Better was considerably cooler than the first time around, so fermentation was slower, and the actual clock time was not all that much shorter. Taking temperature into account, though, I'd say So-So proofed about 50% more than Better.
My other mistake was being too slash-happy on Bread So-So. Too many, and too deep, which allowed the loaves to spread out excessively. A more moderate approach served Bread Better… well, better. (Note: on doughs with a very large proportion of whole wheat or rye flour it helps to slash before proofing, and to do it at a 90-degree angle to the surface of the loaf, rather than at an angle as for many other breads. Both So-So and Better got this treatment.)
Both breads tasted great, with an assertive sour flavor, moist (if dense – just the nature of the beast) crumb, and toothsome texture provided by the seeds.
Before the recipe, a note about the name/composition of this bread: The 1.6% white flour comes from the white starter I used to make the levain. If I were a purist, I would maintain a whole wheat starter in addition to my white one. Or at the very least I would have exercised a modicum of advance planning and converted a portion of my white starter to whole wheat a few days before making the bread. I often do that, but I didn't for these. Sosumi.
98.4% Whole Grain Seeded Sourdough
Yield: 1.1 kg (2 loaves)
- Ferment levain and soak soaker: 8 – 12 hours
- Mix final dough: 15 minutes
- First fermentation : 1.75 – 2 hours, with a fold at 45 minutes
- Divide, preshape, and rest: 35 minutes
- Proof: 1 – 1.5 hours (or until done)
- Bake: 40 minutes
Desired dough temperature: 77F
Levain Ingredients:
- 18 g ripe 100% hydration white starter
- 91 g whole wheat flour
- 73 g water
Soaker Ingredients:
- 21 g whole toasted flax seeds
- 21 g toasted sesame seeds
- 21 g bulgur
- 21 g rolled oats
- 79 g water
Final Dough Ingredients:
- 364 g whole wheat flour (I used Giusto's organic)
- 90 g whole rye flour (I used 45 g Giusto's organic and 45 g KAF organic pumpernickel)
- 346 g water
- 12 g salt
- All of the levain
- All of the soaker
- Wheat bran or seeds for topping
- In a medium bowl, mix the levain ingredients until just combined. Cover the bowl and let the levain ferment at room temperature for 10 – 12 hours.
- In a small bowl, combine the soaker ingredients. Cover and let rest for 2 – 12 hours.
- Place the final dough ingredients, except the soaker, into the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix on low speed until the ingredients are incorporated, about 4 or 5 minutes. The dough will be sticky and have a medium consistency.
- Continue mixing on low or medium speed until the dough reaches a medium level of gluten development. This might take about 5 minutes, but will depend on your mixer.
- Add the soaker and mix in low speed until it is just evenly incorporated into the dough.
- Transfer the dough to an oiled container.
- Ferment for 1.75 – 2 hours, with a fold after the first 45 minutes. The dough will increase about 50% in volume (honestly, I'm guessing here, I didn't measure it) and be light and spongy, but without large gas bubbles.
- Divide the dough into two equal pieces of about 560 g each. Preshape the pieces into balls and let them rest, covered, for 30 minutes.
- Shape the dough into balls. Roll the top of each ball on a wet towel to hydrate it, then in bran or seeds.
- Place the loaves right-side-up in a couche. Slash each loaf about 1/2-inch deep, at a 90-degree angle to the loaf. Not too many slashes!
- Proof, covered, for 45 minutes to one hour (may be longer if the room or the dough is very cool). The loaves should have increased noticeably but not dramatically in volume, and feel light but not spineless when you rest the palm of your hand on the surface.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven, with baking stone, to 475F. You will also need steam during the initial phase of baking, so prepare for this now.
- Once the loaves are in the oven, turn the heat down to 450F. Bake for 8 minutes with steam, and another 22 minutes or so without steam. Turn off the oven and leave the loaves in for another 10 minutes, with the door ajar for the last 5 minutes of this time.
- Cool on a wire rack. Wait until completely cool to cut and eat; best if you can wait at least 12 hours. To me it tastes best thinly sliced.


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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. will provide 260 millions doses of its vaccine against pneumonia and meningitis for pennies on the dollar to poor countries.
The deal will provide Prevnar 13 vaccine for a few dollars per shot. The U.S. price is nearly $130.
It's Pfizer's third such agreement under an innovative program in which drugmakers, governments, health groups and charities collaborate to bring poor countries a long-term supply of affordable, life-saving vaccines.
Prevnar 13 protects against 13 strains of pneumococcal disease. It can cause painful ear infections in young children — and pneumonia, bloodstream infections and meningitis. They can kill or leave survivors deaf, paralyzed or with permanent learning or speech disabilities.
Experts estimate Pfizer's Prevnar deal and two prior ones could save up to 1.5 million children by 2020.


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Microscience is the big brother of Nanoscience. I use this term because even the most "nano" structure won't do anything useful unless it is coupled to a much larger system (measurement apparatus, observer, universe ...). That's what I am interested in - essentially, it's what makes Nanoscience into Nanotechnology.
Examining the technological aspects of nano-and microscale systems seriously, one is invariably faced with a multiscale problem.
The twilight zone between micro and macro length scales is "mesoscopic physics". Historically, i.e. since the Eighties of the last century (the twentieth), mesoscopic physics had to deal with micro- and nanostructure experiments that were rather dirty, in the sense that disorder often dominated the behavior of small devices. Microstructures nowadays, on the other hand, profit from significant advances in fabrication technologies which lead to cleaner systems. Their properties are then dominated by boundary effects. Boundaries and interfaces between large and small systems are a central theme in microscience.
Although fabrication-technological advances were largely driven by the microelectronics industry, micro-optical devices have emerged as an important class of systems where fundamental problems of microscience have a direct impact upon applications. Micro-optics therefore has become the focus of my work since 1995, motivated by collaborations with experimental groups at Yale University, Lucent Technologies, France Telecom and Darmstadt University of Technology.
Details on these collaborations can be found in my bibliography; to see how these questions are connected with the theory of nonlinear dynamics and chaos, please take a look at the Hitchhiker's guide to dielectric cavities.
A good way of getting an overview of this site is to
browse the example systems on the research page:
If you are looking for a particular topic, try the Search button in the navigation menu.
Last modified: Tue Dec 17 19:23:25 PST 2019This page © Copyright Jens Uwe Nöckel, 2001-2016


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There are so many questions to ask yourself when considering the name of a new business. Does the name have meaning? Should I name the business after myself? Is the domain name available? Is there trademark protection? Can I shout the name at a bar and not be embarrassed?
With so many questions to consider, we decided to ask 12 small business owners a question ourselves: What is your best tip for someone looking to name their business? We collected the best business naming tips below.
Test the Ease of Spelling
It may sound simple, but make sure the brand's name is unique but easy to spell! The last thing you want is for someone to hear about your business in conversation and not be able to find it on Google or social media because they don't know how to spell it. An easy way to test this is to tell someone the name of your company and have them write it down. If it doesn't match, it may not be the best option!
-Vanessa Molica, The Lash Professional
Allude To Your Industry
When naming a business, you should consider giving it a name that alludes to the industry or work that you do. Our name is Insura, we are an independent insurance company in Ohio. Without knowing that context, someone could probably guess what business we are in just by hearing our name! My best tip is to be creative with how you can incorporate what you do into your business name in an exciting way.
-Vicky Franko, Insura
Connect It to Your Clients
My wife and I run a criminal defense and personal injury law firm in the Seattle area. We work closely together with our clients to defend them in their cases, so we wanted to make sure our company name reflected that. We decided to name our company Will & Will, turning our last name into our business's brand. We did this so our clients could feel personally connected to us as people and be able to trust us with their cases.
-Court Will, Will & Will
Make Sure It Has a Story
As a company founder, you are going to field one question hundreds of times: "What's the meaning behind the company name?" Your answer is the key to whether people remember the company name. For example, our company name "Markitors" stands for "marketing + auditors." I was formerly a financial auditor and founded a marketing company that sought to differentiate by bringing in-depth audits to marketing. Why does that quick anecdote matter? Because people connect with stories. If the business name doesn't have a quick story to share that supports what the business does, then dig a little deeper for a name that lends itself to a good story.
-Brett Farmiloe, Markitors
Keep in Mind the Company's Growth
Bring together a group of people you trust — folks on your team, in your industry, and even an outsider's perspective — for a few brainstorming sessions. Look at keywords and follow rabbit holes down word meanings, synonyms, and related ideas. Once you've mixed and matched different terms together, choose your top 3 favorites and spend a few weeks asking for feedback. This can be a fun process as long as you don't get married to one name too quickly! Once you've made a decision, don't forget to research how it might be perceived in other markets that you may expand to down the line. More importantly, you'll want to check on any registered trademarks or potential copyright issues that could arise before finalizing your business's name.
-Amanda Mollindo, The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation
Do Your Research
Since we now live in a digital world, it is so important to research available domain names. Rather than choose a business name and then search for your web address, it is best to do both steps at the same time. It is becoming increasingly more challenging to find the .com domain name you are looking for and so you should be prepared to get creative and do your research.
-Audrey Hutnick, Smallwave Marketing
Look Into All Your Options
It's okay to use a name that is already taken. Generally, even if a business has a name trademarked it is for a specific region and use. For example, a business name like "Tiny Campfire" could be trademarked for B2B services, but you could still use it for a clothing store or a restaurant without infringing. Similarly, just because a domain is already registered doesn't mean it is not available. We've bought multiple domains from previous owners to help brand our businesses, and you can do the same.
-Michael Alexis, Teambuilding
Check the SERP
Google any of your ideas and pay attention to what comes up on the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). Are there tons of paid ads? Is there a personal blog already using that name? Any weird Urban Dictionary results? These aren't necessarily deal-breakers, but when you're making a shortlist of potential business names, you want to know the SEO opportunities or challenges that each name offers.
-Ceillie Clark-Keane, Unstack
Choose Clear Over Clever
It may be easier to score the .com rights to a made-up word, but you'll spend a lot of time, money, and energy on customer education. When possible, select a name that truly represents your offerings.
-Tim Toterhi, Plotline Leadership
Go Back to Your Roots
Brainstorm and write out your ideas. In 2012, I did an afternoon brainstorming session with a friend who spent years in advertising on Madison Avenue. He asked the question, "How do you make your client heroic?" After a lengthy discussion, I was reminded of a blog I started in 2008… the blog page was called "Enjoy Life Daily." It aligned me to my deeper why, before I even considered a business. My business name and offerings are as aligned today as when I did the exercise. I enjoy seeing the daily reminder as it orients me back to why I do what I do.
-Mark Jamnik, Enjoy Life Daily
Capture the Essence of Your Company
The most important step in naming your business is to clearly understand why your company exists. When you understand your "why" then you have a point of origin that you can start your compelling narrative from. From that point of origin, try to capture the essence of your company in as few words as possible that you can use as a doorway to communicate that narrative. Logos and company names are micro-stories where you want to say as much as possible in the most economical way.
-Lukas Ruebbelke, Briebug
Check With the Kids
There's an old joke about checking with a group of middle schoolers before naming your child. After all, if any group can come up with a cruel way to make fun of a name, it's middle schoolers. Well, when it comes to your business, the same applies. When you settle on a name, ask your kids what they think. Ask those in your family with young kids. Ask your neighbor's kids. Sure, you'll probably get some pretty lame jokes but you may save yourself a lot of embarrassment later.
-Mark Varnas, Red9


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Florida Open Championship
Qualifying Round Information
Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club
1. PAIRINGS AND TEE TIMES: The pairings and tee times for the qualifying round at The Country Club of Ocala in Ocala FL on Thursday, July 5, 2012 will be posted at www.fsga.org on or around Monday, June 18, 2012.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT: Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club will accept Cash or Visa/MasterCard for method of payment.
3. TRANSPORTATION: The qualifying fee includes course fee and range balls for the qualifying round, but does not include cart rental fee. All players may either walk or rent a cart during the qualifying round. Only a player or his caddie may ride in a cart, but not both at the same time. At no time are more than two people allowed on a cart. Cart rental fee on the day of qualifying is $25.00 plus tax. Maximum two carts per group will be permitted.
4. CADDIES: You must make your own arrangements if you want a caddie.
5. SPECTATORS: Spectators are welcome, but they must walk at all times.
6. PRACTICE ROUND INFORMATION: To arrange your practice round, call (352) 402-4343. On a space available basis, practice rounds are available one week prior to the competition; practice rounds are restricted to after 12:00 PM on the weekends. The cost of the practice round is $30.00 plus tax. All contestants playing a practice round must reserve a tee time.
7. FOOTWEAR: Golden Ocala Golf & Country Club prohibits the use of traditional metal spikes.
8. GPS AND RANGE FINDERS: In this competition, a player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. However, if, during a stipulated round, a player uses a distance-measuring device that is designed to gauge or measure other conditions that might affect his play (e.g., gradient, wind-speed, temperature, etc.), the player is in breach of Rule 14-3, for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional functions are actually used.
9. PULL CARTS: Not Permitted
10. CONDUCT AND DRESS CODE: Remember you are a guest at Golden Ocala Golf & Country Club and gentlemanly behavior and proper dress is expected at all times. The proper place to practice your swing is on the driving range, hitting multiple shots on the course is unacceptable.
11. QUALIFYING SPOTS: At this time, the number of qualifying spots had not been determined by the FSGA. This information will be posted at the qualifier.
Only those individuals, who qualify for the Championship, must pre-register and remit the appropriate Championship fee either online at the FSGA website at www.fsga.org or by check to the FSGA office for advance payment of Championship fees. Payment must be received by Monday, July 16, 2012 by 12:00 p.m. Good luck!


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Two suspects have been arrested by men of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly using super glue to seal the mouth of an 89 year woman, Imasogbonre Enahoro, to prevent her for shouting for help.
The suspects also allegedly glued the mouth of her daughter, Marylyn Ajibola, and proceeded to steal valuables and a Toyota Camry car from the victim's' residence at Igueben villagen,near Benin.
A third suspect is said to be on the run. They allegedly stormed Madam Enahoro residence on November 20 and first tied up their victims. But when mother and daughter kept shouting for help,the unwanted guests decided to use super glue to shut them up.
After searching the house and finding no money the robbers made away with a Toyota Camry car which they drove to Osun State.
Marylyn identified one of the suspects at the police headquarters as the person who slapped her mother and applied super glue to shut her mouth.
She said the incident happened at about 5pm and that it was her husband that eventually untied them on his return from work.
Kingsley, one of the suspects who claimed to be a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, said it was Tosin that brought the robbery plan.
"When we got to Mama's place, she had no money to give to us. Two of us were outside and Tosin went inside. We found only N7,200 inside the car.
"I did not know that this Mama's mouth was glued because I waited outside. We have not sold the car. Tosin said he wants to use the car but we told him there is no way we can stay with him in Osun State. I couldn't stay in his father's house without doing anything. The car is still in Osun State."
Police Commissioner, Babatunde Kokumo, said the suspects would soon be charged to court.
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DLR scientists involved in many experiments
For the first time ever, a European space probe has performed a flyby of an asteroid. At 22:14 Central European Summer Time (CEST), the European Space Agency (ESA) control centre in Darmstadt received the first signals from its Rosetta space probe via NASA's 70-metre antenna in Goldstone (California). Exactly as planned, the space probe flew by Steins at a speed of 31 000 kilometres per hour relative to this small rock in the asteroid belt. Before the end of the evening, and before the start of the data transmission, ESA was able to announce that the flyby manoeuvre had been a complete success. The experiment creates very interesting new opportunities for the scientists of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR). "The first images which we were already able to analyse in the few hours since the data transmission show that Steins has a very irregular shape and is littered with many impact craters", according to enthusiastic DLR scientist Dr Ekkehard Kührt, who is involved in Rosetta's camera experiment.
Asteroid Steins - initial predictions have been confirmed
"According to preliminary analysis, Steins has a diameter of 4.6 kilometres", says Dr Kührt. "This roughly confirms the predictions we had made based on observations from Earth", he adds. Because Steins is an example of a very rare type of asteroid which was chipped off a larger planetoid in a large cosmic collision in the young Solar System, a few billion years ago, the scientists are very eagerly awaiting detailed analysis of the images and the measurement data of the experiments. "This will take several more weeks and even months, however", says Dr Kührt. DLR scientists are involved in several experiments on board Rosetta, including the OSIRIS camera system and the VIRTIS spectrometer, which plays an important role in analysing the mineralogical composition of the asteroid's surface. "Perhaps this will allow us to establish whether Steins does indeed have a volcanic past as part of a body which was much larger at the time", Kührt adds.
Remarkable impact craters on Steins
The OSIRIS camera on board Rosetta was developed with support of the DLR Space Agency (DLR Raumfahrt-Agentur) and under the direction of Dr Horst Uwe Keller by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung) in Katlenburg-Lindau. After preliminary analysis of the images which have already been transmitted, the researcher states: "One thing which immediately stands out is an impact crater one and a half to two kilometres in diameter, almost half that of the asteroid as a whole - it's amazing that this small body was able to survive the impact at the time. The asteroid is probably fractured through and through. Another striking phenomenon is a chain of small, aligned impact craters. We have not yet seen anything like it on other asteroids."
Precision work by spaceflight engineers
ESA's spaceflight engineers have prepared the flyby with great precision, pushing the space probe to the limits of its technological capacity. In August, the small asteroid was observed using several hundreds of images recorded by Rosetta's star-tracker navigational camera and OSIRIS camera system, and its orbit and exact position at the time of the rendezvous in space were calculated. This allowed the probe to be orientated towards Steins so accurately that only two small corrective manoeuvres were necessary during the last month.
Shortly before the flyby, the space probe was completely turned around in a quick manoeuvre. It then entered the pre-programmed flyby mode, with fully automatic navigation by the navigational camera. Between 20:47 and 22:14 (CEST), no radio contact was possible between Rosetta and Earth. The scientists and engineers were therefore very relieved when the first signals were received exactly at the scheduled time. On Friday, the space probe was at a distance of 365 million kilometres from Earth, which means that signals from Rosetta needed to travel through space for twenty minutes before reaching Earth. Data transmission started at 2:00 (CEST) in the morning of 6 September 2008 and is still ongoing. Rosetta is now on the way to the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which it will reach in 2014. The manoeuvre near Steins was the seventh-closest flyby of an asteroid in the history of space exploration.


text: Character Analysis Jack Jack represents evil and violence, the dark side of human nature. A former choirmaster and "head boy" at his school, he arrived on the island having experienced some success in exerting control over others by dominating the choir with his militaristic attitude. He is eager to make rules and punish those who break them, although he consistently breaks them himself when he needs to further his own interests. His main interest is hunting, an endeavor that begins with the desire for meat and builds to the overwhelming urge to master and kill other living creatures. Hunting develops the savagery that already ran close to his surface, making him "ape-like" as he prowls through the jungle. His domain is the emotions, which rule and fuel his animal nature. The conflict on the island begins with Jack attempting to dominate the group rather than working with Ralph to benefit it. He frequently impugns the power of the conch, declaring that the conch rule does not matter on certain parts of the island. Yet he uses the conch to his advantage when possible, such as when he calls his own assembly to impeach Ralph. For him, the conch represents the rules and boundaries that have kept him from acting on the impulses to dominate others. Their entire lives in the other world, the boys had been moderated by rules set by society against physical aggression. On the island, however, that social conditioning fades rapidly from Jack's character. He quickly loses interest in that world of politeness and boundaries, which is why he feels no compunction to keep the fire going or attend to any of the other responsibilities for the betterment or survival of the group. The dictator in Jack becomes dominant in his personality during the panic over the beast sighting on the mountain. In trying to get Ralph impeached, he uses his rhetorical skills to twist Ralph's words. In defense, he offers to the group a rationale that "He'd never have got us meat," asserting that hunting skills make for an effective leader. Jack assigns a high value only to those who he finds useful or agreeable to his views and looks to silence those who do not please him. Denouncing the rules of order, Jack declares, "We don't need the conch any more. We know who ought to say things." He dictates to his hunters that they forget the beast and that they stop having nightmares. As Jack strives to establish his leadership, he takes on the title of "chief" and reinforces the illusion of station and power by using the other boys ceremoniously as standard bearers who raise their spears together and announce "The Chief has spoken." This role is no game for him, though; by the night of Simon's death, Jack has clearly gone power-mad, sitting at the pig roast on a large log "painted and garlanded . . . like an idol" while "[p]ower . . . chattered in his ear like an ape." His tribe addresses him as "Chief," indicating a form of more primitive tribal leadership. True to Piggy's assertion that "It's them that haven't no common sense that make trouble on this island," Jack takes an entirely different direction from logic or common sense. Perhaps acting out of some guilt he is unable to acknowledge, Jack becomes paranoid and begins feeding misinformation to his tribe, a typical practice of dictatorships to control the collective thinking by controlling the information that is disseminated. Given the thrill of "irresponsible authority" he's experienced on the island, Jack's return to civilization is conflicted. When the naval officer asks who is in charge, Jack starts to step forward to challenge Ralph's claim of leadership but is stopped perhaps by the recognition that now the old rules will be enforced.


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Taboo Tuesday was billed as a first of its kind, an interactive PPV where fans had the ultimate right to decide who fought who, who wore what, and what weapons were legal. The fans became the RAW GM when voting began on the October 18th edition of Monday Night Raw and the superstars fate was in their hands. However they did it, WWE put on an okay PPV. They should be able to learn from this one and expand on the concept.
The fans surprisingly chose Shawn Michaels to challenge Triple-H for the WWE championship, marking their fifth pay per view battle in 2004. Michaels was reportedly legitimately injured going in and the match focused on that with The Game concentrating entirely on HBK's wounded wheel, kicking away at it before snaring the figure four. The referee tried to ring the bell, but Michaels grabbed him and told him not too, finally reaching the bottom rope. HHH tried to wrap Michaels leg around the ring post, until Shawn Michaels pulled his leg in and drove The Game into the turnbuckle post.
Michaels came back with chops but Hunter targeted the knee once again, stopping the momentum briefly until Michaels came back with a catapult into the ring post. Michaels fought back with a DDT and slowly scaled the ropes and connected with an elbow drop. Michaels willed himself back into the match and tuned the band. Batista hit the apron and Michaels took him out and connected with a superkick to a charging champion. Edge, who had left the building in disgust earlier slid into the ring and connected with a spear on Michaels, allowing HHH to crawl over and drop onto him for a successful title defense.
The WWE chose to end the evening with one of the few anticipated matches of the night in Randy Orton vs. Ric Flair. The fans voted for a cage match, greatly outnumbering the choices of submission or falls count anywhere. Orton, half the age of "The Nature Boy" showed his usual cockiness as he hit the ring. The two men traded chops and punches in the early going before Orton took control with a high backdrop. Flair took out Orton and started to scale the cage, but Orton climbed up with him, shaking his finger at Flair, who responded with a poke to the eyes. Flair low blowed Orton and sent him headfirst into the cage, busting him open. Punching away at the cut, Flair added to the bloodshed by raking Orton's face across the steel. After taking punishment from chops, punches and kicks Orton came back with punches of his own and sent Flair into the cage, resulting in Flair's blond locks taking their traditional crimson shade. Flair continued tradition by trying to scale the cage and having the back of his tights pulled down. Yes, fans were thrilled to see Flair's ancient rear end. He staggered along the top rope after repeatedly having his head introduced to the steel beam at the top of the cage before falling and straddling himself. Orton rubbed Flair's face against the cold metal and dropkicked him back into the cage and straight down to the sweaty, blood soaked canvas. Orton climbed the cage and delivered a high crossbody for a two count. Flair came back against the young upstart before heading to the door, but Orton stopped him. The Dirtiest Player in the Game pulled out brass knuckles and leveled Orton for a two count. A second attempt to leave the cage through the door resulted in Flair pulling in the steel chair that was used as a seat for the outside referee. Flair swung the chair, Orton ducked and Flair turned around into an RKO. As the fans cheered both men staggered to their feet and Flair extended his hand. Orton took it and the two embraced as the torch was passed to the future of the WWE.
The next WWE pay per view is the dual brand Survivor Series on November 14
WWE Taboo Tuesday Results
Coach was the emcee of the night. The set was designed like a computer, with the Titantron as a computer screen and the stage being a massive keyboard. Computers were set up to one side where the votes were being tabulated. The Diva Battle Royal stipulation was announced as schoolgirls, while Shelton Benjamin was chosen to challenge Chris Jericho.
Match One: WWE Intercontinental Championship Match – Chris Jericho (champion) vs. Shelton Benjamin (challenger)
The fans made a great choice for the opener in a very technical match. Early on Jericho hit his signature running enziguri for a two count. When Y2J headed up top, Benjamin jumped up as well and connected with a monster superplex for a two count. Jericho came back with a bulldog and a Lionsault attempt, but no water in the pool. A lariat from the top delivered by Benjamin caused a two count. Jericho came back with the Walls but Benjamin reversed into a small package for yet another near fall. Jericho finally connected with the Lionsault for another two count. Benjamin whipped Jericho to the buckles, Jericho jumped to the second rope and leapt into Benjamin's T-bone suplex for the upset win. Jericho handed the belt to the new champion as a show of respect
Winner: and new WWE Intercontinental Champion … Shelton Benjamin at 10:56
Match Rating- 6/10
Backstage Todd Grisham asked Shawn Michaels, Edge and Chris Benoit to give their final thoughts. The Coach then asks the live audience who they wanted to see face HHH. The live audience picked Shawn Michaels, as did the Internet. This left Chris Benoit and Edge to challenge for the tag team titles.
Match Two: Fulfill Your Fantasy Battle Royal for the WWE Women's Championship
The Divas looked absolutely amazing and a great job by WWE Wardrobe, sadly there were no wardrobe malfunctions. Nidia had her top ripped off while Stacy Keibler choked everyone with her long legs. Molly and Trish joined forces, while Victoria and Stacy teamed up. Nidia was first to go, followed quickly by Jazz. Gail Kim tried to hurricanrana Victoria over the top but ended up on the floor herself. Victoria was also quickly eliminated, leaving Trish and Molly to double-team Keibler. Trish choked Stacy out with one of her hair ribbons. Molly sent Stacy to the corner, Kiebler tried a headscissors and was pushed to the floor. Stratus then pushed Holly through the ropes to eliminate her. Huh?
Winner: … and still WWE Woman's Champion … Trish Stratus at 5:35.
Match Rating: 3/10
Todd Grisham interviewed La Resistance who were not happy about facing Benoit and Edge. A video package ran highlighting all of Gene Snitsky's dead baby references. Man that guy cuts some disturbing promos.
The live audience wanted to see a chain match for Kane vs. Gene Snitsky. The Internet audience voted for a chain. What a coincidence.
Match Three: Chain Match – Kane w/ Lita vs. Gene Snitsky
Both men battled it out to see who could gain control of the chain. Kane decimated Snitsky and swung the chain, but Snitsky ducked and took the chain himself, which didn't last long. Kane regained chain (mainly in Spain) and needless to say it became very good friends with Snitsky's head. Snitsky yanked the chain while Kane was holding it, sending him headfirst into the turnbuckle post. Snitzky introduced Kane's head and stomach to the chain and then choked him. The bout continued with both men hitting each other hard with their offences. I am somewhat surprised at the force they were packing in those chain shots. Snitsky tried to choke Kane out but the Big Red Machine came back and delivered some heavy punches but Snitsky comes back and put Kane down. Kane sat up and rallied with punches and a simultaneous big boot took both men down. Lita pulled the chain out of the ring when Snitsky went for it, and Kane set up a chokeslam only for Gene to fight out. On the outside Kane hits the steps and then is repeatedly hit in the throat with the chair. In a cool booking moment, Snitsky used the same move on Kane that the big man used to take Shawn Michaels out in June, placing the chair around Kane's neck and jumping off the turnbuckles with a stomp. Kane coughed up blood as the referee stopped the match. Snitsky pinned Kane anyway. When paramedics had a stretchered Kane up the ramp, Gene tried to tip the gurney over but it fell the wrong way and Kane crashed to the ramp face first. Ouch.
Winner: Gene Snitsky at 14:18
Match Rating: 6/10
Grisham interviewed a very angry Edge about not getting a Heavyweight Title match. He said he didn't want to disrespect the tag titles, but he had already been tag champion ten times and would have beaten Triple-H while HBK would not. He sarcastically thanked the fans. I voted for Edge, but then again, did my vote count? Did any votes count?
Match Four: Eric Bischoff vs. Eugene
A squash match saw Eugene quickly "Hulk Up" and connect with an airplane spin, big boot and a legdrop to get the three count. After the match, the stipulation is revealed as "Loser gets his head shaved." A long, long, time and money wasting segment follows before Vince McMahon strutted to the ring and demanded Bischoff get his head shaved or he was fired. Some humorous stuff involving Bischoff complaining and Coach being ordered to strip and put on a dress followed, including a great line "Don't be a slut, button it up." Vince called Bischoff on his gray hair, like it was some big shock. Most of us saw it in WCW.
Winner: Eugene at 2:10
Match Rating: 3/10
Backstage an upset Edge yelled at Shawn Michaels about how he would have won the match and called Michaels a few names.
La Resistance sang the entire Canadian national anthem. Another first, an anthem was sung to completion. If I translate correctly it went something like this: "Oh Canada, we have no hockey. We lost the Expos and Vince Carter, because they don't want to be with thee! We don't know if were French or not, just leeeeet us be! Oh Canada, we get blamed for everything! Probably cause we complain so much or maybe it's the way we sing!"
I'll stop now. Just kidding. I'm fired, I can tell.
Match Five: World Tag Team Championship Match – La Resistance (Champions) vs. Edge and Chris Benoit (Challengers)
Factoid: Edge and Chris Benoit held the tag belts together before, winning them in Calgary and dropping them to La Resistance in Montreal, so this is a rematch. Edge and Benoit are less friendly now. Conway took a lot of abuse from both men in the early going. Benoit broke up an argument with a fan and Grenier attacked Edge from behind. Edge came back and speared Conway. La Rez finally took over working on Benoit. Edge decided he had enough and walked out to his car, asking Ritchie for his bag on the way out. Despite being alone, Benoit came back with a superplex to Grenier, a series of German suplexes, and trapped Conway in the crippler crossface to snare the tag team titles.
Winners: … and new WWE Tag Team Champions … Edge & Chris Benoit at 16:06
Match Rating: 7/10
Backstage Todd Grisham spoke to HHH. The Game said he knew Shawn Michaels better than Shawn Michaels knew himself and promised if Shawn Michaels leg wasn't broken already it would be. Nothing better than a HHH heel promo.
A video package highlighted Christy and Carmella's "feud."
The Coach introduced the participants while wearing his dress. He asked the live audience what kind of match they wanted. They chose a Lingerie Pillow Fight and by stunning coincidence so did the voters. The ladies entered cubicles that silhouetted them while they changed, Christy moved like a stripper while Carmella was a shadowy blob. Christy also took forever to change, typical.
Match Six: Lingerie Pillow Fight – Christy vs. Carmella
I told you all Carmella would be in WWE. Christy pulled the "enhancement" out of the front of Carmella's bra and tossed it into the crowd. After a lot of pillow hitting and rolling around, Christy covered Carmella and the referee counted. Too bad her shoulder was far up off the mat. Torrie vs. Sable all over again, why count the pin when it is obvious to everyone that the shoulders aren't down?
Winner: Christy at 1:42
Match Rating: 0/10
Match Seven – World Heavyweight Championship Match – HHH vs. Shawn Michaels
Winner: and still World Heavyweight Champion … HHH at 14:08
Match Rating: 7/10
Backstage Eric Bischoff, sporting a gray crew cut, yelled at a bunch of crewmembers threatening to fire them if they laughed. JR and The King then recapped all of the events that happened during the evening and a package about the Flair and Orton feud aired.
Match Eight: Steel Cage Match – "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. Randy Orton
Winner: Randy Orton at 10:35
Match Rating: 10/10
Overall Event Rating: 5/10
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Scott D. Parker
Have you ever revisited something from your past and find
that it either holds up very well or not at all?
I am never far away from the music of David Bowie. Of all the
eras available for listening, my favorite is the latter decade, the years from
1993 to 2003. I've written about it extensively here. I consider it a reboot of
his career, going back to the beginning with his jazz roots and migrating on
through the 1990s and early 2000s, merging and reworking the then-current
musical trends. When I'm in a Bowie mood, it is to this music I go. I've heard
the 1970s stuff enough that I usually skip it (except for the instrumentals on
Low and Heroes) and I've skipped the 1980s material since, well, 1989.
Ten years ago, during his Reality Tour, Bowie suffered
a heart attack that led the cancellation of the last shows in Europe and he
all but dropped from the public's eye. As the years progressed, more and more I realized that his 2003 album, Reality, was going to be his last. I was content with that. I
saw his Reality Tour show in Houston and, despite my town being a "greatest
hits town" (the town where every act feels compelled to play the hits vs. bringing out some random album cut), the show was fantastic.
So imagine the world's surprise when, on his 66th birthday
on 8 January, Bowie releases Where Are We Now?, the new single from his
forthcoming album The Next Day. This elegiac, melancholy look back through his
own history hearkens back to his somber mood from 1999's hours. This excitement
for all things Bowie has lead me to listen to all eras and, for the first time in
years (I hesitate to say decades but it's nearly that), I've started listening
to the 1980s albums and have pulled out my two videos from the 1980s tours:
Serious Moonlight (1983) and Glass Spider (1987).
Now, the Serious Moonlight tour was THE tour that introduced
me to the performer that is David Bowie. Way back in 1984, I recorded this
concert on a cassette…and I still have it (and it still works). Absolutely
loved that show that had Bowie just being a rock-star singer even though I was
unable to see it live. My first Bowie concert experience was the 1987 Glass
Spider show. At the time, in the midst of all the excesses that characterized
the 80s, I was over-the-top with the theatricality of this show. Since my first
favorite rock act was KISS, having Bowie and his dancers (yes, dancers) romp around the stage was
perfect. All rock concerts should be like this.
Or not. I rewatched the Serious Moonlight video this week
and it holds up remarkably well. I still know every nuance of the music and
tapped my fingers according to all the beats my younger self learned. The Glass
Spider tour, on the other hand, was hard to watch. It's so, so cheesy that it's
difficult to believe Bowie actually came up with it and no one around him told
him no. Musically, the songs are pretty good, with the Glass-Spider takes of Loving
the Alien and Absolute Beginners being my favorite versions of those songs. But
it is so hard to watch now.
There are books, movies, and songs that meant something
important to my younger self that now hold little or no interest to my older
self now. Surely, I'm not alone in this realization. Is it simply that we move
on, experience new things, and those important things are replaced by newer,
more important things or is it something else? Can we never go home again?
And have you heard the new song? What do you think of it?
And have you heard the new song? What do you think of it?
11 Songs
Everyone always makes Top 10 Lists (I go to eleven). Bowie's hits fill up whole
albums. Since I love the 1993-2003 Bowie so much, here at my favorite tracks
from that era:
Strangers When We Meet (Outside version)
Don't Let Me Down and Down
The Hearts Filthy Lesson
Buddha of Suburbia
The Motel (Mike Garson on piano, nuff said. Live version
from 2004 splendid)
Hallo Spaceboy
Dead Man Walking
Always Crashing in the Same Car (live version, 2000)
Everyone Says Hi
Fall Dog Bombs the Moon


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"I will give my best as always. I never promise victory, but I promise to give my best." - John Lineker
If being able to adapt seamlessly and without stress to an ever-changing fight game is a key to eventual success, then Brazil's John Lineker may have championship gold in his future. So when the 23-year-old was informed that his UFC 163 opponent was being switched on short notice from veteran Phil Harris to newcomer Jose Maria due to injury, "Hands of Stone" didn't bat an eye. He already had everything covered.
"I train to fight the greatest fighters," said Lineker through translator Michele Spinelli Davis. "So I am okay with the opponent change. I am prepared for every situation in this fight."
It's a great attitude to have, because if you can't deal with adversity in this sport, you won't last long. And if Lineker knows anything, it's about dealing with adversity. A pro since the age of 18, the Paranagua native won his first three bouts, but then went on an up and down (mostly down) stretch that left him with a 6-5 record as 2009 closed.
"I did think about giving up," he admits. "But I kept my focus on God and continued fighting."
And suddenly he began winning. 13 straight fights to be exact, with the capper being a 2011 decision win over future UFC fighter Iliarde Santos that netted him the Jungle Fight bantamweight title.
"I just trained a lot, I trained more than ever," he said of his remarkable turnaround. "I kept my faith in God and everything happened."
Next up was a call to the UFC to become the first Brazilian fighter in the promotion's new flyweight division, but the adversity wasn't over yet, as a rough weight cut, coupled with an almost him against the world scenario since his cornermen couldn't make it to New Jersey for the fight, left him in dire straits before the biggest fight of his life.
Yet despite everything seemingly conspiring against him (he reportedly came to the States without a mouthpiece or cup either), he delivered a Fight of the Night performance against Louis Gaudinot before getting submitted in the second round. It was a loss, but one that didn't mar his future prospects, and after back-to-back UFC wins over Yasuhito Urushitani and Azamat Gashimov, those days in Jersey are far behind him.
"I didn't have a complete team in my first fight, and what I mean is that I didn't have a nutritionist, and I never did strength and conditioning sessions," he said. "Back then, those things made my weight cut really difficult. Today, I have all the structure needed to develop my diet and to cut weight in the right way and also to be ready for the fight."
And with Marcelo Ribeiro handling matters in the gym and renowned manager Alex Davis taking care of things outside the Octagon, Lineker can concentrate on fighting. This week? The challenge is the seasoned Maria, a veteran of 38 pro fights (33-3, 2 NC).
"He is an excellent fighter," said Lineker. "I can say that I will be ready for his ground game, and I will give my best as always. I never promise victory, but I promise to give my best."
Unbeaten in 17 straight, with 12 consecutive victories, the 31-year-old Maria may be a new face to UFC fans, but he's made his bones in the fight game, and with 28 of his 33 wins coming by way of KO or submission, this could be another Fight of the Night worthy scrap for Lineker. More importantly though, if Lineker gets his hand raised for the third time in the Octagon, it could thrust the Brazilian into the thick of the title picture.
"With a third straight win in the UFC I think I might be getting close to a title shot, but this is not only up to me," he said. "Whenever the UFC thinks is the time for me, I will be ready."
When you're training for the greatest fighters in the world every day, there is no truer statement.
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That was quick! It seems E! reality star Kim Kardashian's new relationship with NFL Player Miles Austin has ended as quickly as it began.
Just days after the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star was photographed visiting Miles in Texas at his Cowboys training camp, comes a report from E! News stating the two have decided to cool things off. "They're taking things slowly" and "are cooling off a little," says an insider, adding that "Kim wants to be single and date around."
There are however rumors and rumblings that Kim was dumped and leaking this 'cooling things off' story to E! News is her way of saving face.
In other Kardashian news, E! News is also confirming that Kourtney Kardashian's boyfriend Scott Disick is stepping up his plan to get help. We reported last week that Scott was getting therapy for his many problems, and E! is now reporting that he is also seeking help for his alcohol related issues.
"Scott received outpatient rehab treatment and counseling for alcohol use and psychological issues after his Miami outburst," sources confirm to E! News. "He's still being treated."
Just weeks after controversial modeling pictures of his 14-year-old daughter Kendall Jenner hit the web, Bruce Jenner is now speaking out and defending the photos, even calling them "hot shots" in the process.
Bruce tells UsWeekly that the pictures are just like any other modeling photos out there "but because she is 14, all of a sudden [people are like], Is it right for a 14-year-old to do?" he says. "She wasn't showing anything that was inappropriate — you know, too much cleavage or anything like that. They were just like hot shots … I saw the pictures and I said, 'OK.' If that is what she wants to do — she wants to be a model — then more power to her."
Kendall also defended her modeling pics, telling PEOPLE magazine that "going into this shoot, it was never my intention to be provocative or too racy. It was a beach shoot, and I was wearing beachwear. I am happy with my age, and am not trying to rush into anything too soon. I look forward to all the milestones my teens have to offer–Sweet 16, turning 18, and so on."
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Here are the packages I want to install:
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